My kid had thought it through concerning the AFA 0r NA. Went the ROTC route at a major university. Main reason was wanting a career in the military but also wanted a college experience (not watching football games in a gym first year, being in the military day one.) Scored extremely high...
ERAU students and anyone else gets points for having a certain amount of flight hours or having a private pilot's License. All things being equal that does help. Some schools do have a higher % get slots but it is not because of the school. It is because their detachment members are above...